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TheBigKahoona · 03-08-2005, 07:56 PM

Where is that blasted thing. I have heard several theories as to where it is but I would love to get some of your two cents on it.

Chris Weimer · 03-08-2005, 08:43 PM

Destroyed? :huh: or maybe that is where the "treasure" is... who knows, more importantly, who cares?

Diogenes the Cynic · 03-08-2005, 09:00 PM

My guess is that it never existed. Think about it. What would have been in it? Mosaic law? Mosaic law is largely a post-exilic invention. How could there have been ark with the laws in it before the laws were codified?

Where would the ark have come from and who would have made it and why? There was no Exodus, there was no Moses, there was no received law. Every other part of the story is fiction so what reason is there to believe that an ark ever existed?

spin · 03-08-2005, 09:22 PM

Bloody atheist. Next you'll be saying that Santa Claus doesn't exist or that the tooth fairy doesn't give a flying fig for my teeth.

I don't know what this world is coming to.

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Sensei Meela · 03-08-2005, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBigKahoona

Where is that blasted thing. I have heard several theories as to where it is but I would love to get some of your two cents on it.

Oh, didn't you hear? Ron Wyatt discovered it -- along with the blood of Christ, Noah's Ark, and Roman chariots in the Red Sea -- a while back!

Yes! And you can even see a picture of it with your own two eyes!!1!

"We had over 300 full color pictures on approximately 90 photoboards on display in the Museum of God's Treasures in Gatlinburg -- and ONLY ONE of those 300 pictures was a "fuzzy" picture, and it was fuzzy for a special reason! The reason was that God did not want us to be able to see the Ark of the Covenant yet!"
source

Yes, see and believe! Unless you're some kind of atheist or liar...

[edit -- damn you spin! Stealing my thunder]

Mr. Neutron · 03-08-2005, 09:28 PM

Area 51, obviously. Don't you know anything?

spin · 03-08-2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sensei Meela

[edit -- damn you spin! Stealing my thunder]

There was I just about to thank you for such an edifying post. It was so inspiring I visited the link. Well worth a look.

spin

Anat · 03-08-2005, 11:28 PM

When is the last time the Ark is mentioned at all in the Bible? I just skimmed over Ezra and Nehemiah and found no mention of it. Is the Ark mentioned as existing in any second temple source?

What we do have evidence for is the Menorah that is depicted on Titus' victory arch. (OK, so it probably wasn't the original one, whatever that means, but likely one made in Herod's times, but anyway) Any idea what became of it? I recall a tale of how it was taken by the Goths that sacked Rome, but can't remember what was supposed to have happened afterwards.

bleubird · 03-09-2005, 01:58 AM

Harrison Ford knows.

Monad · 03-09-2005, 02:07 AM

Roman chariots in the red sea - what's that one about? (I thought it was the Egyptian's Moses was on the run from?)

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TheBigKahoona Regular Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 171	The Ark Of the Covenant Where is that blasted thing. I have heard several theories as to where it is but I would love to get some of your two cents on it.

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bleubird Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 2,737	ark Harrison Ford knows.

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Chris Weimer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: none Posts: 9,879	Destroyed? :huh: or maybe that is where the "treasure" is... who knows, more importantly, who cares?

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Diogenes the Cynic Moderator - Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 4,639	My guess is that it never existed. Think about it. What would have been in it? Mosaic law? Mosaic law is largely a post-exilic invention. How could there have been ark with the laws in it before the laws were codified? Where would the ark have come from and who would have made it and why? There was no Exodus, there was no Moses, there was no received law. Every other part of the story is fiction so what reason is there to believe that an ark ever existed?

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spin Contributor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere Posts: 15,747	Bloody atheist. Next you'll be saying that Santa Claus doesn't exist or that the tooth fairy doesn't give a flying fig for my teeth. I don't know what this world is coming to. pins

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Mr. Neutron Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Innsmouth Posts: 1,296	Area 51, obviously. Don't you know anything?

03-08-2005, 11:28 PM	#8
Anat Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: home Posts: 3,715	When is the last time the Ark is mentioned at all in the Bible? I just skimmed over Ezra and Nehemiah and found no mention of it. Is the Ark mentioned as existing in any second temple source? What we do have evidence for is the Menorah that is depicted on Titus' victory arch. (OK, so it probably wasn't the original one, whatever that means, but likely one made in Herod's times, but anyway) Any idea what became of it? I recall a tale of how it was taken by the Goths that sacked Rome, but can't remember what was supposed to have happened afterwards.

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Monad Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,127	Roman chariots in the red sea - what's that one about? (I thought it was the Egyptian's Moses was on the run from?)

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